Penfan inspired me with all the Civil War shots to share my own. There's a lot of images so I made them a little smaller for easy loading.
A touch of History: "Colonel Benjamin Sweet, later General Sweet, ran Camp Douglas in Chicago. Douglas held thousands of confederate prisoners during the Civil War, and is sometimes called the “Andersonville of the North."
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Silent Canons
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Union Encampment
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The General
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The South Prepares
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It's almost time..
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The first of the canon fire
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Returning from Recon
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Duck and Fire!
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Man down is left behind as the Union Army advances
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The Confederate Army giving everything they got left
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The north advances. Note the man lying down, the abandoned soldier is now dead.
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The North securing the field, the south has fallen
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The last bastion of the South and it's fallen men
The Union Army has won
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The Last Horseman
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Confederate Presentation of Arms. After which they rushed the crowd to excite the children!
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The Northern Ranks.. more reserved, they marched off the field
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Back at Camp
A few men holding down the camp
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Surgeons attending the wounded, they trepanned him due to brain swelling and his seizures stopped.
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Field Remains (It amused me, couldn't make them seem real no matter how I processed)
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Tending Fire. It was cold that day and they would be spending the night.
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A boys life..
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Stars and Stripes
We missed the skirmish but got there for the battle. This reenactment wasn't as big as the ones out east.. but then some battles were smaller too. Canon XSi w/18-135 and Ricoh GR
A touch of History: "Colonel Benjamin Sweet, later General Sweet, ran Camp Douglas in Chicago. Douglas held thousands of confederate prisoners during the Civil War, and is sometimes called the “Andersonville of the North."
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Silent Canons
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Union Encampment
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The General
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The South Prepares
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It's almost time..
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The first of the canon fire
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Returning from Recon
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Duck and Fire!
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Man down is left behind as the Union Army advances
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The Confederate Army giving everything they got left
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The north advances. Note the man lying down, the abandoned soldier is now dead.
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The North securing the field, the south has fallen
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The last bastion of the South and it's fallen men
The Union Army has won
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The Last Horseman
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Confederate Presentation of Arms. After which they rushed the crowd to excite the children!
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The Northern Ranks.. more reserved, they marched off the field
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Back at Camp
A few men holding down the camp
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Surgeons attending the wounded, they trepanned him due to brain swelling and his seizures stopped.
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Field Remains (It amused me, couldn't make them seem real no matter how I processed)
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Tending Fire. It was cold that day and they would be spending the night.
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A boys life..
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Stars and Stripes
We missed the skirmish but got there for the battle. This reenactment wasn't as big as the ones out east.. but then some battles were smaller too. Canon XSi w/18-135 and Ricoh GR